Object Details
- Artist
- Julia Kwon, born Arlington, VA 1987
- Exhibition Label
- Julia Kwon created this face mask using bojagi, a Korean style of patchwork. As a Korean American textile artist from Northern Virginia, her work explores notions of gender and identity. She made the Unapologetically Asian masks in response to anti-Asian racism and violence during the pandemic.
- “I became deeply aware of how I may be misperceived not only as a perpetual foreigner, but, now during this pandemic, also as a carrier or cause of the COVID-19 virus. I felt tired and frustrated by the pressures to exist quietly and invisibly. So, I decided to create vibrant Korean patchwork face masks to unapologetically celebrate my ethnic identity.” —Julia Kwon
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund
- Copyright
- © 2020, Julia Kwon
- 2020
- Object number
- 2021.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Fiber
- Crafts
- Medium
- Korean silk, cotton canvas, muslin, elastic
- Dimensions
- folded with elastic loops: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 3/4 in. flat with elastic: 5 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor, Room 203
- Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Dress\accessory
- Asian
- Record ID
- saam_2021.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7923e7a73-ad77-4949-aa57-e66564e35f9f
